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South Africa Covid Variant: What This New Strain Holds?
WHO is monitoring the latest Covid-19 variant B.1.1.529 which was first detected in South Africa. The World Health Organization held a meeting on the latest South Africa covid variant on 26.11.2021 (Friday) to talk about if the highly mutated strain will turn a variant of emphasis or a variant to take seriously a top official asserted.
State Of The Latest South Africa Covid Variant
The latest covid variant is the highly mutated version that has been discovered as of now. This strain was first identified in South Africa at the beginning of the last week and it has already spread to the neighboring nations that include Botswana, where it was reported in people who are completely vaccinated.
The new South Africa covid variant has been red flagged by the scientists over a crucial high number of raised mutations that might turn the virus more resistant to vaccines, raise its transmissibility and lead to more crucial symptoms of Covid-19. According to Maria Van Kerkhove who is the Infectious Disease Epidemiologist and COVID-19 Technical Lead at the WHO,
"There are fewer than 100 whole genome sequences that are available. We don't know very much about this yet. What we do know is that this variant has a large number of mutations. And the concern is that when you have so many mutations, that can have an impact on how the virus behaves."
She said presently the researchers were coming together to evaluate where these spike and mutation proteins are and what that potentially may imply for COVID19 therapeutics, diagnostics, and vaccines.
Kerkhove further said that WHO colleagues in South Africa are aiming to undertake a neutralization research that will require a few weeks for them to evaluate what implications this variant has on any potential vaccines.
Focusing that a great deal of work is afoot on the latest South Africa covid variant, Kerkhove told the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution is talking about this with colleagues residing in South Africa. She further said that,
"We're also meeting again tomorrow. We're calling a special meeting to discuss this, not to cause alarm, but just because we have this system in place, we could bring these scientists together and discuss what does it mean and also can set the timeline for how long it will take for us to get those answers".
So presently, it is a variant that is under screening. The TAG Virus Evolution working group will talk about if it will change into a variant of interest or a variant of concern. And if that is the scenario, then WHO will give it a Greek name. But it is something to look for the timing.
Kerkhove further noted that it is nice that these forms of variants are being caught as that implies there is a system in place that is operating. The World Health Organization has said that only 27% of health workers in Africa have been completely vaccinated against COVID-19, keeping the bulk of the working population on the frontlines versus the pandemic unprotected.
After nearly four months of a sustained reduction, COVID-19 cases in the normal population in Africa have increased. For the first time since the peak of the third wave in August, South Africa covid cases have risen, jumping to 48% in the week ending on November 21 as compared with the previous week.
As of now, more than 227 million covid vaccine doses have been allotted in Africa. In 39 nations that offered data, 3.9 million doses have been allotted to the health workers. According to Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa,
"With a new surge in cases looming over Africa following the end-of-year festive season, countries must urgently speed up the rollout of vaccines to health care workers".
As per the report issued by the World Health Organization, the shipment of vaccines has been on the rise for the past 3 months. Africa has gained 330 million doses from the COVAX Facility. Of these nearly 83% of vaccines have been offered since August alone. As the supply of vaccines picks up, addressing the increased bottleneck and escalating rollouts became more important.
South Africa Covid Variant: Sport Set Shutdown In The Country
The South African sport witnessed a shutdown on Friday because of the detection of the latest South Africa covid variant, with its rugby teams confused to leave before any travel guidelines restrictions are imposed and the initial event of the golf's latest look DP World Tour under threat.
4 rugby teams were scheduled to play South African opposition against United Rugby Championship but Welsh clubs Scarlets and Cardiff asserted that they were searching to exit as Britain may impose travel restrictions on foreigners. Cardiff on Twitter said,
With the situation in South Africa having changed so quickly, we are now looking to repatriate our staff ASAP."
They further said,
"For concerned families and friends, please rest assured that our focus is to ensure the safety and welfare of our people and will keep you updated with any developments. Scarlets said they too were trying to leave as quickly as possible. Following the news of a new COVID-19 variant in South Africa, Scarlets would like to assure families and friends that we are making every effort to get our touring party back home to the UK as soon as possible."
Germany To Ban Travelers For The New South Africa Covid Variant
Germany is planning to ban most of the travelers from South Africa to prevent the spread of the latest covid-19 variant with a huge number of mutations, according to Jens Spahn, the acting Health Minister of Germany.
As per the latest regulations that started from Friday night will be imposed on South Africa and the neighboring nations where only German nationals will be offered the permission to enter. They must be in quarantine for 14 days on arrival even if they are completely vaccinated. He said,
"The last thing we need now is an introduced new variant that causes even more problems."
Indian Prime Minister Chairs Meeting On Covid-19
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi chaired a crucial meeting on the Covid scenario and the vaccination scenario is the nation with the top government official, as per sources. The meeting arises in between the increasing global concerns over the latest variant of covid in South Africa. The South Africa covid variant name is "Omicron" which has been kept by the World Health Organization and is categorized as a highly transmissible virus of concern.
The meeting on South Africa covid variant, India was attended by Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, PK Mishra, NITI Aayog member (health) Dr. V K Paul, and Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan among others.
India witnessed a single day increase of 8,318 new covid infections, taking the total tally of the nation to 3,45,63,749, while the count of active covid cases has decreased to 1,07,019 which is the lowest in the past 541 days as per the data uploaded by the Union Health Ministry.
The death rate due to this disease has increased to 4,67,933 with 465 daily casualties being reported. The total number of covid vaccine doses that have been allotted in this country as of now has crossed 120.96 crores as per the report by the ministry.
The latest covid variant grew immensely in South Africa and its neighboring countries. This latest South Africa covid variant is said to be more transmissible and has been termed as a critical variant. Many activities in the country have been paused because of this rising coronavirus scenario and countries like Germany have imposed travel restrictions for the travelers from South Africa to prevent further spread of this variant.
Frequently Asked Questions On South Africa Covid Variant
1. Will there be new COVID-19 variants?
A new variant of covid has already been found in South Africa which has been named "Omicron" by the WHO. This variant is said to be more transmissible and critical.
2. Can the coronavirus disease be transmitted through water?
Drinking water does not imply transmitting COVID-19. And, if you swim in a pool or in a pond, there are no chances for you to get COVID-19 via water. But if you go to a swimming pool, which is filled with people, and if you encounter an infected person then you can catch covid.
3. What is the new coronavirus called?
The South Africa covid variant name is "Omicron" which has been kept by the World Health Organization and is categorized as a highly transmissible virus of concern.
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Thank you so much again for the beautiful music you created for my son's wedding yesterday. All our guests at the reception told us how lovely and enjoyable it was. It was everything we wanted and exceeded our expectations. Thank you again from the bottom of our hearts for sharing in our son's special day.
Let classical violinist Dorothy Barth add the elegant, expressive warmth of a solo violin to your Southern California wedding, reception, anniversary or birthday celebration, or other special event.
In the spring of 2012 Dorothy returned to Southern California from the San Francisco Bay area (where for a decade she played for many events in the Napa and Sonoma Wine Country). Now residing in Fallbrook, a popular wedding destination, Dorothy Barth brings beautiful violin music to weddings in San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, or Los Angeles County. She is conveniently located near the Temecula Wine Country, home to many beautiful wedding venues.
Dorothy Barth received her music degree from Stanford University. Her early teachers include Karel Blaas, Alice Schoenfeld, Kenneth Fiske, and Kenneth Goldsmith. She completed nearly 3 years of advanced study with Dr. David Margetts in Fresno, CA. While living in Northern California, she performed with the Solano Community Symphony, the Baroque Sinfonia of Sonoma County, the Vallejo Symphony, the Vallejo Choral Society, and the American Recorder Orchestra of the West. She frequently performs with her husband Bert for special events as the recorder and violin duo Kammeraderie.
I just wanted to send you an email to thank you for the beautiful job you did at our wedding November 1st.
Thank you for making our wedding day such a memorable and enjoyable experience. You play beautifully and added to the ambiance of the event.
Theme wedding and events are a meaningful way to honor your heritage or special interest. Dorothy is classically trained violinist with a lively interest in international folk repertory. Below are some representative sound samples for theme weddings.
Includes a large collection of Shakespearean, Renaissance, and Medieval music. Dorothy is also an accomplished recorder player. Beautiful Renaissance dress is available for period events. This theme is also available as a violin and recorder duo.
If you enjoy dancing at Renaissance fairs and would like to incorporate a dance element in your celebration, this is a great choice. Costuming is available. This theme is also available as a violin and recorder duo.
A large repertory of Irish, Scottish and Welsh music includes the Gow Collection of Scottish Dance Music and O'Neill's Music of Ireland.
Repertory includes reels, jigs, hornpipes, and airs. Costuming is available. This theme is also available as a violin and recorder duo.
Visit the Celtic Solo Violin Page for more Celtic sound samples.
Western theme events can include fiddle music, American waltzes, and Appalachian music. This theme is also available as a violin and recorder duo.
Our collection of Jewish music includes numerous traditional processionals, recessionals, dances, and klezmer tunes. This theme is also available as a violin and recorder duo or as solo recorder.
Festive music for an Italian wedding or reception. Highly recommended for Wine Country events! Ceremony choices include a Italian Baroque music and arias arranged for violin. Receptions include traditional, romantic Italian ballads. Solo violin only.
Classic, tuneful, traditional American ballads. Great for Valentine's Day events, anniversaries, or special birthday celebrations. Add a touch of nostalgia to make your event memorable!
Soulful Eastern European gypsy music is effective mixed with other international ballads. Dorothy will be glad to consult with you about what international repertory is available.
Please contact Dorothy Barth for a quote. Her customized quote takes into account the length of performance time and distance traveled to your event. Dorothy's rates include travel up to 70 miles one-way from her home base in Fallbrook, near the Temecula Wine Country. For events beyond 70 miles one-way, an additional travel charge may apply. If your wedding is in Fallbrook, Temecula, Vista, or Oceanside, you may be eligible to receive a local discount.
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We gathered in the dimly lit corridor of Geisinger Medical Center as Taylor entered the first hours following his initial craniectomy. The waiting room closest to the AICU was closed, so we created a makeshift area in the hallway. Waiting areas were available on other floors, but we needed to be close by.
Around the third day of Taylor's hospitalization, a pastor came to visit. Stepping off the elevator and into makeshift space, he spoke, "I understand things look pretty hopeless here." Emotions were running high, and his words fell on our ears in a way that caused us to be defensive.
We were allowed to acknowledge how bleak things were. However, we did not welcome a mere acquaintance giving voice our despair.We knew Taylor may not survive, and things were leaning in that direction. But to hear the word hopeless in regards to our situation was too much.
After the pastor's statement, I shut him out. My father tells me he went on to share thoughts that were more compassionate. However, his opening words halted the idea of my hearing any more. I was emotionally fatigued and raw. I did not have the energy to entertain the words of a stranger. I was pouring all I had into my prayers for Taylor.
Upon reflection, I know this man's words were not intended to deliver the blow they did. But something else arose from his utterance of disparity. After he left, we used our anger at his words to rally our own hope.
Around the same time, Avery (our middle son) brought one of my sweatshirts into Taylor's room. He whispered, "Let's leave this by Tayl." On the front of the sweatshirt was one word…HOPE, and on the back, two words…changes everything. Avery wanted to place the shirt across Taylor's body, but we had to settle for the chair situated closest to him. Taylor was incredibly fragile, and our interactions with him were limited.
The shirt was something I created years before in response to losing my stepbrother, Ralph. Ralph was shot in the head during a random drive-by shooting. He died immediately as a result of the spinning bullet that entered his brain. His death became a doorway to something in my own soul. The idea of hope being stronger than death sat with me, and I explored it. This exploration was born out of witnessing my stepmother's grief, and the desire for some sense of light to come out of the darkness of Ralph's murder.
Nine years later, as my son fought for his life, I knew I was given a gift that was robbed from my stepmom…a chance to say goodbye…precious moments with my son. Even if they were the last, I needed to be grateful for each one of them.
I knew hope could exist in the chasm of despair. The shirt was a tangible reminder. Hope sat close to Taylor on a garment I had created. Admittedly, hope was far more difficult to cling to now that it was my son fighting for his life.
Hope is complicated. It represents believing something can improve, despite the current state of circumstances. It also means having the courage to believe when things appear hopeless. I have become well acquainted with the infinite value of hope, but also the tightrope on which it teeters.
Seven months later, our family gathered around the dinner table. Taylor had survived weeks in the ICU, lived at a rehab for several months and was participating in outpatient therapies at home. He had relearned to walk, speak, get dressed and more. We were sitting with someone who embodied perseverance and determination, and yet we were depleted of hope.
To say things felt horrible would be a tremendous understatement. Each one of us felt an immeasurable sadness, frustration, and anger about what was now unfolding.
Taylor was unexpectedly regressing. Earlier that day, we learned that Taylor's body was rejecting the piece of his skull that had previously been replaced. We were going to face another series of unknowns. After surviving more than we ever imagined, the possibility was again presented that we could lose all we had fought so hard for.
We could lose even more of Taylor…and ourselves.
Taylor tired quickly and did not last long at the dinner table. We returned him to his bedroom and reconvened at the table. If hope were a picture hanging on the wall of our home, it would have appeared visibly smashed, dismantled, and barely hanging on. We were too exhausted to hold onto hope. The situation screamed at us, like a drill sergeant trying to break a cadet, "Let hope go!"
I recall the heaviness in the room. The fear was palpable. We were all full of anguish. Months of emotional turmoil topped by exhaustion, and now the idea we might have to do it again. It appeared that defeat was replacing our reservoir of hope.
My youngest son spoke. Tanner was a high school senior. He was an athlete, who despite his small stature and lighter weight was a respected running back, known for fighting through a tough line. Tanner knew how to fight something that appeared larger and stronger than you. He shared this idea, "If we lose hope, we lose everything. Without hope, we might as well give up." He was challenging us. This was a plainly spoken reminder to us. Hope was too valuable to lose.
We didn't discuss how we were going to get this thing called hope back. And as life with brain injury would have it, hope would come and go and would be tested tirelessly through countless ordeals. But in time, I have learned to let the whisper of hope be louder than the shout of despair. I can tell you it takes a lot of practice and patience and sometimes I still miss the mark.
But I still conclude that hope changes everything, most of all the heart in which it resides.
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Tammy Guerrero replied on Tue, 05/07/2019 - 10:24pm Permalink
Thank you for expressing everything that I have felt the last 12 years. Started when my son was 18, just moved out of the house into his own apartment. (4 days). He was assualted in his apartment, his life and ours changed forever. He is amazing, but we struggle every day. We have way more services then most but we struggle with life together and what could have been. I struggle as a mother with cheering on my younger son being proud of him while hoping and praying for the son that has a TBI. Meaning feeling guilty because I'm happy for my youngest son and want to be happy. But guilty because my TBI, son will probably never have the life he wants and works so hard for. It's crazy trying to balance it all as a mother. To support both kids in there lives without feeling bad or guilty. Trying to be happy and content for both. Its a crazy life but it's mine now.
Jessie replied on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 11:24am Permalink
God bless you and your family Nicole. Keep up the great work. You touch so many lives. 3 boys just like me. My oldest, Isaac, was shot in the head and that's how we became part of this community of survivors. I relate to your struggles and setbacks. Love, Jessie
Nicole replied on Mon, 03/18/2019 - 6:32pm Permalink
Jessie, I read each response and I truly needed the encouragement you offered in your words. Thank you. I am interested in how Issac is if you ever want to share. With love.
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Three employees of the arts faculty at the University of Groningen had been temporarily partially relieved of their duties because they may have been involved in fraud.
RTV Noord reports that the three staff members in question may have channelled money which was meant for the university into a foundation (stichting). The university was reportedly unaware of the existence of the foundation.
The money was reportedly intended for funding a joint international programme between the RUG and a European partner university.
The potential fraud came to light during a regular inspect last week. It is unclear what the name of the foundation is, how much money may have been involved, the name of the European partner university and what jobs the arts faculty staff held.
University of Groningen spokesperson Gernant Deekens told RTV Noord that the university would be hiring an external research bureau to investigate the matter.
In 2016, a years-long fraud was discovered at the university's maintenance department. A network of people within and outside of the university were charged with connections to defrauding the RUG for up to one million euros.


In my continued dedication to highlighting the supporting cast of film and TV, especially the ones that have been featured in Hallmark movies, I bring yet another brilliant and shimmering star to your attention. Elizabeth Weinstein is an up and coming actress in Vancouver who was recently featured in one of the top-grade films that Hallmark recently premiered, Love At First Dance. Upon further research, I realized just how extensive her work was within the industry as a whole, and when I reached out to her for an interview, she was honored. In this case, Elizabeth was gracious enough to be as flexible as possible when I unwittingly missed our first scheduled interview, and I am thrilled to present this delightful woman to my readers today.
RH: Elizabeth, so nice to chat with you today.
EW: Hello Ruth! Thank you so much for chatting with me.
RH:Why did you decide to become an actress and what kind of training have you had?
EW: Interesting question to start with. I don't actually remember ever deciding to be an actress. I just always knew. I was one of those weirdos that just always knew what I wanted to do and was super focused on succeeding. I remember being four years old and telling people that that was what I was going to do with my life. I think it stemmed from growing up on an isolated farm on Vancouver Island in the middle of a forest. We had to be creative to entertain ourselves on the farm and being the youngest of four, you have to be extra loud and emotional to be heard. Kidding…kinda.
As far as training goes, I started doing theater in school, I remember doing a run of Alice in Wonderland for all the elementary schools. I played The Red Queen and The Mad Hatter, and at the end of the play a few of the kids would run up and kick me. I remember thinking "Awe, that's the sweetest compliment ever." Because those kids believed me so much.
I directed a high school play in grade eleven and moved to Vancouver at the age of seventeen to study acting and to get an agent. I graduated from a year-long acting program at eighteen and started auditioning. I still train here and there, but now it's more like private coaching. I don't think we should ever stop trying to hone our craft.
RH: What was your first professional acting job and what are your memories of it?
Anyway, when I got in the room, I had three pages of Sci-fi lingo that was broken English and barely made sense, but the reader started reading and it was the wrong line. (I started to panic!) Then I said my line and the reader said hers, but none of it made any sense. I hit full-blown panic mode and just pushed through with what I had prepared. After the audition, I sat on the couch in the hallway, stunned, and looked over my pages, and I had stapled them BACKWARDS!! I was reading the scene in reverse. I was so mortified I cried all the way home. When I got home, I found out I booked it!!! I couldn't believe it. Just goes to show you even when you think you were terrible if you are right for the role, you are right.
RH: I see that you have done some stand-in work. How do you think that has helped your career?
EW: Oh my gosh!! Stand-in work has taught me everything about the machine of a film day. Learning how to be a good actor is one thing, but being technically skilled in this industry is equally as important, I think. Understanding camera framing, lighting, focus pulling, and just overall set protocol is invaluable. At the end of the day, it really is a technical industry. I could tell when actors came in and didn't stand on their marks (which meant they weren't lit properly and the focus might not be clear on them) or when the continuity was off, which is a struggle to edit. I mean that training is indispensable, not just for getting comfortable in a set environment, but watching people work and seeing what works and what doesn't. And how the pros allow themselves to take up space and take risks.
RH: You've worked on two pretty big films–Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Tomorrowland. What did you enjoy about working on those projects?
EW: Well, on Tomorrowland, I was a stand-in for the duration of the film and got to watch incredible actors work. Like Judy Greer, Kathryn Hahn AND this sort of unknown guy, George Clooney? Know him? Just a dude that played fart noises on his phone app every day and giggled like a schoolboy. An absolute thrill to be able to sit back, watch and learn.
Working on Planet of the Apes changed my life. I was actually only on set for one day, but I had a scene with Freida Pinto, James Franco, and Andy Serkis. Most people might not know who Andy Serkis is. He played Gollum in Lord of the Rings and changed the face of Motion Capture forever. He was playing the ape in the scene with me and it was my first introduction to Motion Capture. His full physical commitment and talent was mind-blowing to watch. He morphed from human to ape in front of me. That's when I knew I wanted to learn that skill and get into that world.
Since then, I have been blessed to have worked on three Video Games with EA. One I have been working on and off for almost three years. I can't say much more about it till it comes out but it changed my life.
RH: Hallmark viewers first saw you in Garage Sale Mystery: The Deadly Room. What was your experience filming with that cast and crew?
EW: Garage Sale Mystery was so much fun!! I was reunited with Peter DeLuise once again fifteen years later, and the whole cast and crew was amazing. I have worked on a few Hallmark MOW's since then and the beauty about working on Hallmark is the energy on set. They hire, I'd say, 80% of the cast locally and the crew is almost all local, so the community and the vibe is always awesome, like coming home. Plus Hallmark shoots so much here in Vancouver that they really give us a chance to showcase our local talent. Everyone is always so grateful to be there and to be working.
RH: We also got to see you in The Art of Us and more recently, Love At First Dance. Any special memories from either production?
EW: YES!! The Art of Us was such a pleasure. I played Lisa Whitney the wife of the Dean and quite a proper wealthy woman who is prominent in the art scene. One of my favorite things about Hallmark is the kind of characters I get to play. I often play a distinguished and refined woman with expensive clothes and jewelry that are actually nothing like me. I am a baseball cap, t-shirt and jeans kind of woman, so it is complete dress up time.
Love at First Dance was one of the most entertaining characters I've gotten to play. I play Dinnie Forsberg, who is a wedding planner to royalty. She is bossy, demanding and takes complete control of the wedding with the two overbearing moms to the reluctant bride and groom.
First of all, the screenwriter Nina Weinman Swift (who I saw you interviewed) wrote really boisterously fun characters to play. The delightful director Marc Jean and superb producer Joel Rice were fantastic to work for.
But what really stands out for me was the star, Niall Matter. He was the most generous and kind lead actor I've worked with. He made it so comfortable for everyone. I truly hope I get to work with him again, with all of them.
RH: Any current/upcoming works you would like to share?
EW: I am currently shooting a big feature film called Needle in a Timestack. Director John Ridley- who won an Oscar for 12 Years a Slave and Leslie Odom Jr.- who won a Tony for the Broadway hit Hamilton. It also stars Orlando Bloom, Freida Pinto (who I worked with on Planet of the Apes) and Cynthia Erivo. It's a star-studded cast.
When I read the script, I flipped out. It's so good. It's in the Sci-Fi genre. A film about a husband whose marriage is destroyed by time travel and he will do whatever it takes to get his wife back. It's based on a short story written in 1966 by Robert Silverberg. John Ridley read the story in 1986, and has wanted to make it into a feature film ever since. It is definitely a passion project on all fronts. Which creates a cast and crew of people that are all very dedicated to the project and show up completely. I am very excited about this one.
I also just finished a Lifetime movie written and directed by Shawn Tolleson. It's going to be a really endearing Christmas movie that I'm sure I will be able to talk about closer to the release. Not even sure if I can say the name since it hasn't been announced yet.
RH: As you've done some work behind the camera, is that something you would like to pursue further? Any plans to write/direct/produce?
EW: I have to say, I have wanted to write a feature and attempted it a few times but man, it's hard. I don't have the natural writing chops. I do see myself directing in the future, but I am not there yet. I just have to keep my eyes open and keep watching and absorbing as much as I can every chance I get.
RH: As a woman in the business, have you experienced gender bias? How have you seen things changing for women in the past few years?
EW: I absolutely have, but I experienced it more working as crew than as an actress. I have worked with more and more female directors and female crew members in the camera and grip department each year and having that feminine energy on set has made a huge difference. Times are changing and it is so nice to witness.
RH: When not working, what do you like to do for fun?
EW: I do juggle five different jobs in film, so there is not a lot of downtime. But when there is, I ride my bike to the beach for a swim or I have a nap under a tree with a book. I have a bed in the back of my SUV, so when I can, I like to drive out into the forest and light a fire by a river or a lake and decompress. Reminds me of life growing up on the farm.
RH: Elizabeth, I so appreciate your time! And your flexibility. It is an honor to feature you.
EW: Thank you so much for having me and helping us stay connected to the Hallmark fan base. They are truly the best!
The industrious nature and stalwart work ethic that Elizabeth absolutely exemplifies in every area of her life is certainly a testament to her eagerness to do whatever necessary to further her prospects and opportunities within the entertainment industry. Not one to be daunted by challenges of any kind, Elizabeth continues with tenacious determination to take advantage of every possible occasion to sharpen her skills, portray a dynamic role, and embrace every on-set experience, no matter the size or scope. She is one who consistently demonstrates her ability to be a team player, and her knowledge of the film business potentially rivals some who have been in the business for decades. Her faculties are quick and her senses are attuned, no matter what role is placed in front of her, and there is no doubt that when she is on-screen, she will not be overlooked. While she doesn't go out of her way to artificially insert herself within the production nor draw undue attention to herself, her innate talent and invested work speak for themselves. She is a true gift to the film industry, and I can hardly wait to see what the future holds for her. If you have not seen her in Love At First Dance or in any of her other eminent works, I would invite you to do so at your earliest convenience. Furthermore, why not click on all her links below and give her a follow on Instagram? As more significant roles seem to be heading her way as the months and years go by, I revel in the profound giftedness of this authentic soul who is as generous and talented as they come!
Every year at this time, hordes of actors head to Los Angeles in hopes of being cast in a successful network television series. This week, we profile some of the intrepid Canadians competing for a chance at fame and fortune on the small screen.
LOS ANGELES – Dingle balls have been lovingly applied throughout the interior of Elizabeth Weinstein's van. The pompom trim rims the windshield as well as the ceiling and is a shade of mauve that perfectly complements the iridescent blue padded walls and long-pile rug.
On the platform bed is a leopard-print blanket, and under the bed are baskets for the 26-year-old actor's shoes and sweaters. A small, three-drawer dresser holds the rest of Weinstein's clothes and she even has a laundry basket. The curtains are made from beach mats and there is surround lighting and surround sound. The bar fridge runs on a separate battery that recharges when she drives.
It's a cozy set-up and Weinstein took her time customizing her home away from Vancouver while seeking acting jobs in Los Angeles. Her current address is the oceanside parking lot in Venice Beach.
This coincided with a breakup with her boyfriend, so Weinstein moved out of her house and into the van and headed down the coast to L.A.
Her ultimate goal is to get a manager, which she says she can't pursue quite yet as they won't see anyone until pilot season has completely wrapped. She also needs to get a phone and hopefully some bartending work under the table — she's living off her credit card, but not a working visa.
Weinstein has worked as an actor for the last eight years, but says she had trouble getting more than one line on shows such as Cold Squad and Stargate because most of the casting was done in L.A. The rest of the roles — mostly of the "Can I get you a drink, sir?" variety — were reserved for Canadians because of Canadian content laws.
"That's why all the Canadians come down here to audition for shows shooting up there," explains Weinstein. "And that's how I'm justifying not getting a working visa, because I'm not planning on booking anything shooting here. If I audition for the stuff working in Canada then I've got a better chance than an American going for that," she says as The Police's Roxanne blasts from the speakers.
One might be inclined to wish Weinstein had applied the same dedication to planning her career as she did to applying dingle balls to her van, but she says, winging it is part of her plan.
At night the beach is closed so she drives to a nearby residential street, draws the blinds and goes to sleep.


Eleni shares a Greek family tradition for making decorative Easter eggs. Amazing what a simple parsley leaf and some pantyhose can do. The vibrant red color is enhanced by the delicate herb stencils. Gorgeous!
Pour the water over the eggs and let sit for 30-45 minutes until the water cools.
Eleni does such a nice video. These are beautiful!
These are great! Im trying them out this weekend with my cousins! They are a bit more "adult" and elegant, for us kids who technically aren't really "kids" anymore, but never really grew up :) pictures to come!!


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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is a playwright drawing from a range of contemporary and historical theatrical genres to engage frankly with complicated issues around identity, family, class, and race. Many of Jacobs-Jenkins's plays use a historical lens to satirize and comment on modern culture, particularly the ways in which race and class are negotiated in both private and public settings. Although the provocation of his audience is purposeful, Jacobs-Jenkins's creation of unsettling, shocking, often confrontational moments is not gratuitous; these elements are of a piece with the world he has established on stage and in the service of the story he is telling.
Appropriate (2012) has all of the trappings of an "American family drama," but the familiar plot of a family brought together after a father's death is disrupted by the discovery of a collection of lynching photographs among the deceased's belongings. In the characters' varied responses, past and present racial relations become a palpable presence on stage, despite an entirely white cast. Neighbors (2010) includes performances reminiscent of historical minstrel acts performed by actors in blackface. These interludes lay bare the fraught expectations faced by black artists, a theme Jacobs-Jenkins returns to in An Octoroon (2014) with the meta-theatrical character of BJJ. BJJ is a playwright alter ego who guides the action of this imaginative recreation of Dion Boucicault's nineteenth-century play of a similar name. Anachronistic acting styles, self-conscious references to the intrinsic artifice of theater, and jolting juxtapositions of the past and present demonstrate the enduring legacies of slavery and the ways in which people can live in close proximity and yet worlds apart.
With Gloria (2015), Jacobs-Jenkins returns to the naturalistic play, using the biting satire of the comic drama to explore the stratified, competitive world of the modern workplace and its sometimes fatal consequences. In these and other works, Jacobs-Jenkins's subversive, fearless, and risky approach is challenging audiences to reconsider the integrated spaces we share and to reflect on opportunities for sympathetic connection.
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-- wait. Let me stand back and describe the bigger picture. My wife doesn't love me any more. All of my pleadings have been cut short by that statement. She doesn't love me any more. I have to leave. I have to go to some place, any place, that isn't here. So far my attempts to deal with this resemble someone wandering away from a traffic accident. I know I should go somewhere, but I still have a crash ringing in my ears and my legs don't seem to work.
My plans thus far amount to two socks, thrown onto the basement floor.
I am obsessing about accumulated 'stuff' because to put things into piles is easier than thinking about a marriage that simply walked away and won't come back. I say 'put things into piles' but in truth, there are no piles. I have done nothing, if one discounts the socks. I have concentrated on the idea of piling up the material evidence of my past eight years but haven't, as yet, had the strength to move a single thing. The clock is ticking down to the moment when I shan't see her again and to keep the basement intact is almost like this awful event isn't happening. I sit amid my comforting junk. Things that used to get in my way are now propping me up.
Instead of reaching for those black bags that claim to be for contractors but are instead sold to the likes of me, I have chosen to begin my documentation of this phase of my life. I shall try to be me and write with a touch of whimsy, despite all my whimsy having decamped to Sarah's side of the house.
So here's the situation. I am English and I came to America to be with Sarah. Eight years down the line we are friends and not much more. We both knew something had to happen to revive our flagging spirits, and I thought we were going to sell up in a couple of years and move away -- Europe perhaps, or possibly the Pacific North West. It turns out that Sarah wanted something else, and a month ago she broke the news. I have to leave, and there's nothing I can say or do to prevent it. I have never really been happy with the situation here, and I think she's worried that we'll sell up and move, only to find that I'm not happy with the situation there either. I guess she didn't want to risk it. We remain friends. She's picking up pizza and we'll eat it watching My Name is Earl.
So what to do? I have put everything into the past eight years and so I have no money, no car, just a few things I want to keep and a basement full of things I've accumulated over the years. I shall be travelling light -- just me and my faithful dog Tyson -- to pastures new. But where?
For over a month I have been wrestling with that problem. Should I stay in America or return across the pond? I have been working as a pet-sitter here in the Philly suburbs while working on my writing, but I don't want to stay within pet-sitting range. So my immediate problem is no income (apart from you wonderful people who have bought by books). Would I prefer no income in America or no income in Europe?
Europe is a good idea because I want to be close to people who love me and they are 3000 miles away. It's hard (or at least historically it's been hard) to get a dog into the UK, and easier to get one into mainland Europe. My brother lives in Slovenia -- the Alps, no less -- and I wrote to him asking if I could begin my new life at his house. He said yes, of course I could, and I realised that I love my brother like a brother. He's a good man and I miss him.
It's been some weeks since he said that, and while I think it's the right thing to do, my dread of taking my 12-year-old dog on such a trip is overshadowing my relief at having family to run to. Also, the chance of getting work is less in Slovenia than it is in the US, and my writing isn't going to pay for a new life yet. On the other hand, in the US I'd be out all day trying to fund a life that I don't want, and poor Tyson would be alone while I'm cavorting with other people's animals. These things have kept me awake at night, the room spinning.
I have decided that we are going to live in Slovenia, a country neither of us has visited. I would be mad not to try.
To bolster my spirits and maybe drive some traffic to this site, I have decided to document the next 12 months and set myself some goals -- some waypoints, if you will. Concentrating on success will ease my mind. I can get through this if I see it as some abstract game of survival rather than a real-life disaster. I thought you might like to watch it unfold.
Wrap up my American life and get me and Tyson to the plane. New York JFK seems to be the place to go.
Make it to Ljubljana with Tyson, all my worldly belongings (though they are nothing compared to Tyson), and get to know the place. As a sneak peak, he lives in Bohinj. Google it. It's insanely pretty.
See if the Slovenian authorities let me stay for more than a few months, which seems to involve having an income and proving that I'll not be a drain on the country's resources.
Find somewhere to live with an internet connection.
Learn how to paraglide despite my fear of heights (yes, more on that later), buy the gear and end my first year of Sarahlessness as a successful flying single ex-pat.
Good Luck! One step at a time and you will reach your goals.


The Post Office has announced the signing of a new deal with affinity insurance provider Junction.
Lasting for five years, the agreement builds on the existing partnership that the companies signed in 2004.
Junction will work with the Post Office on marketing strategies aimed at increasing customer acquisition and retention as the latter seeks to build on its market share.
"Our partnership with Junction has already proved very successful in building our motor and home insurance business and we look forward to working together to develop the business and grow our book even further," commented Patrick Waldron, chief executive of Post Office Financial Services.
The Post Office is one of the most rapidly expanding insurers in the affinity market, providing more than 700,000 existing home and motor policies.
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NNPC: Ohanaeze thanks Buhari for appointing Araraume, Okadigbo
From Jude Chinedu, Enugu
Ohanaeze Ndigbo has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing Ifeanyi Ararume and Margaret Okadigbo into the Board of Directors of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited.
National Publicity Secretary of the body, Alex Ogbonnia, in a statement, yesterday, said the appointments were a sign that the president's visit to the South East was yielding results.
Buhari had named Ararume as chairman of the board of NNPC Limited and Okadigbo as a member.
"Most people of the South East were highly elated by the above appointments and expressed the hope that this is the beginning of a new dawn. That the two appointments offered to the two eminent Igbo came shortly after Igbo stakeholders met with Mr. President at Owerri, Imo State on September 9, 2021, is a signal that the visit to South East is yielding quick signs of benefits to the people," said Ogbonnia.
"This kind disposition by Mr. President is a source of motivation to Ohanaeze Ndigbo in their quest and aspirations for a peaceful united Nigeria buttressed by equity, justice and fairness. It is hoped that Mr President will continue on this path of honour and reflective national peace building. Mr President has less than 18 active months in office. The remaining period of his eight years incumbency can be used to take some far reaching decisions which will affect the entire Nigeria, either positively or negatively. It is therefore hoped that Mr. President will choose the better option of addressing the crisis in the South East."
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On this day…16 January
Posted byJamesJoyce	 January 16, 2014 October 23, 2019
On 16 January 1927, Joyce wrote about the progress of his international protest.
The protest was about the anomalous copyright situation of Ulysses in America where the ban on publishing Ulysses continued but where Samuel Roth had been able to pirate Ulysses, apparently with impunity, while Joyce couldn't assert his rights.
The protest was drafted by Ludwig Lewisohn and Archibald MacLeish at Joyce's instigation, and they circulated it to a wide number of notables soliciting their signatures. However, in his letter to Harriet Weaver on 16 January 1927, Joyce complains that with just two weeks to go, he still had not heard from WB Yeats, T Sturge Moore, and James Stephens. On the other hand, he told her he was particularly pleased that Albert Einstein had signed: "I feel greatly honoured by Einstein's signature, given so quickly and simply," he wrote.
Yeats, Sturge Moore and James Stephens did add their signatures, but two other worthies, GB Shaw and Ezra Pound refused to add their names. Shaw, predictably pedantic, claimed not to understand the protest, saying it was all "poppycock." He said that Joyce should simply point out the absurdity of the law which, on one hand, banned Joyce's book and, on the other, allowed pirates like Roth to publish it.
Pound too claimed that the protest was misdirected and should pursue the absurdity of American law and not Samuel Roth: "The minor peccadillo of Mr. Roth," he wrote to Joyce, "is dwarfed by the major infamy of the law." However, Pound may have had reason to be wary of joining the protest: Roth's daughter, Adelaide Kugel, has since claimed that Roth had Pound's permission to publish at least some of the contested Ulysses material.
The protest was finally published with 162 signatures on 2 February 1927, Joyce's forty-fifth birthday. The text of the protest claimed that Roth had published his corrupted text of Ulysses without permission from Joyce and without payment to him, and that the copyright law offered Joyce no protection. It ended: "The undersigned protest against Mr. Roth's conduct in republishing ULYSSES and appeal to the American public in the name of that security of works of the intellect and the imagination without which art cannot live, to oppose to Mr. Roth's enterprise the full power of honorable and fair opinion."
The protest, as Shaw had predicted, had no effect on Samuel Roth, who continued his piracy through October 1927. But, according to Jay Gertzman, there had never been an international writers' protest before this, and Roth's already poor reputation as a man of letters was destroyed as a result. Joyce's case against Roth was finally successful, though not until December 1928. Joyce had been persuaded to drop the case against Roth for damages for breach of copyright, and to pursue instead an injunction against Roth using his name on any further publications.
Ellmann, Richard: James Joyce – New and Revised Edition, London: Faber & Faber, 1982.
Fargnoli, A Nicholas, and Michael Patrick Gillespie: Critical Companion to James Joyce – A Literary Reference to his Life and Work, New York: Checkmark Books, 2006.
Gertzman, Jay A: Bookleggers and Smuthounds – The Trade in Erotica 1920-1940, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002.
Joyce, James: Letters, vol. III, Richard Ellmann (ed.), London: Faber & Faber, 1966.
Kugel, Adelaide: "'Wroth-Rackt Joyce': Samuel Roth and the 'Not Quite Unauthorized' Edition of Ulysses,' in Joyce Studies Annual 3 (1992), pp. 242-8.
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It's a pitch with great arm-side tail that has been one of his best weapons to put away hitters. Opposing lineups are hitting just .130 against the changeup while hitting just .100 off his hard slider — which is also a superior offering. Giolito's command this year is obviously a lot better, but his fastball velocity is also up a few ticks. He has been able to locate the pitch better this year, whether he wants to paint the corners or get a guy to a chase a mid-90s heater up in the zone. Opponents are batting just .216 off his electric fastball that he can ramp up to the high 90s.
He looks like a completely different pitcher this year in all aspects. He is finally turning into the type of big-league starter that everyone hoped he would one day become. Lucas Giolito is definitely an early candidate for the AL Cy Young Award if he can continue to put forward dominant starts for the Chicago White Sox. In the meantime, he could very well make his first All-Star Game appearance in July.
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The Creation and Success of Vice New Orleans Tourism: How the Social Changes of the 1920's and 1930's Influenced Tourism Within the Big Easy.
The period of time between World War I and World War II was an era meant for the United States to return to the state of normalcy they had been used to prior to their involvement in world affairs. Yet, in reality, the 1920s and 1930s was a time of immense social change throughout the country as prohibition became law, prostitution was outlawed as a result of the first war, racial divides came into question, and gender roles began to alter as women gained the right to vote and started to fight for a greater role in society. As these trends influenced the attitudes of the American people, they in turn influenced the ways in which tourist sites, especially those in urban environments, presented and marketed their attractions. One of the best examples of this is the city of New Orleans. New Orleans prior to this period had begun to gain some popularity, though the tourism was marketed to a limited sector of the American public. Through the social changes of the 1920s and 1930s, primarily the examination of race, prohibition, the outlawing of prostitution, and changing gender roles, New Orleans was able to develop into an immensely successful vice tourist location for a wide audience to enjoy.
New Orleans in the years following the first world war saw a complicated relationship between black residents and white city leaders and tourists. Though attitudes in the country were beginning to change as the number of black inhabitants working in the urban north increased, it was still the Jim Crow era and incidents of racism in New Orleans were common. There were traditions of white people throwing eggs at black people for Mardi Gras and many cases of violent altercations between black and white residents of the city. And yet, when it came to New Orleans tourism, white attitudes were conflicted. Most tourist guides either erased traces of black culture in the city or they tried to show it as inferior to their own, which was especially true in the case of jazz. Jazz to white tourists represented a lot of the stereotypes they held about black people. Its wailing, improvisational style along with the behaviors its musicians took part in made upper class whites see the music as lewd and suggestive. Despite that, jazz became popular with both races and promoters of tourism had to promote that aspect of black culture. Though it gained attention in the 20's, this popularity and promotion of the music didn't really take off until white attitudes towards it shifted, which came with the Great Depression.
Prior to the Depression, the general attitude towards jazz was that it was disorderly music. City leaders wanted the urban space to run smoothly for economic prosperity and they wanted the arts within the city to reflect that. Due to this, music with structured harmony such as symphonies were far more popular with the public. Once the Great Depression hit, however, jazz became an outlet for anxieties brought on by the economic downfall.[1] A statement by Paul Whiteman and Mary McBride sums up the ways in jazz became an outlet and expression of freedom. "In America, jazz is at once a revolt and a release. Through it, we get back to simple, to a savage, if you like, joy in being alive. While we are dancing or singing or even listening to jazz, all the artificial restraints are gone. We are rhythmic, we are emotional, we are natural." The main attraction of jazz as a part of tourism was the ways in which it contributed to the vice allure of the city. The fact that jazz was often performed in brothels and included suggestive dance steps that led to men and women dancing close to one another was a part of the risky appeal. However, above all, it was the mixing of black and white culture that made jazz seem so immoral and fascinating at the same time. New Orleans had always been looser in terms of racial boundaries as it was a mixture of European, Caribbean, African, and American aspects. In this Jim Crow era, though, the fact that jazz could create an atmosphere of dancing and socializing with people of any race, class, and gender was something unusual and uniquely New Orleans. People were drawn in by their curiosity to these black jazz musicians and made it part of their tourist experience in order to fulfill that curiosity.[2]
This is very similar to the tourism dynamic we read about in Wild Things by Jasen. Like with black residents and New Orleans, Native people's role in Ontario tourism increased at the same time the era of scientific racism began with the Indian Act, aggressive white settlement, and assault on Native culture. Despite this though, they were a necessary part of tourism, as part of the reason people came to Ontario to get those tours was so they could interact with Native people up close and see the wildness they believed they possessed. Tourists weren't only paying to look at the beauty of nature; they were also paying for "a chance to ponder, at close hand, the differences between their own race and the one they regarded as distinctly other."[3] This pondering of the "other" was very much relevant between the two wars, and the reason this type of racial mixing as part of tourism worked was because, in both instances, the white tourists still felt like they were superior. In Ontario, tourists saw the Natives as employees and normally expected to have control over them, becoming annoyed if the Native tour guide didn't cooperate. As for New Orleans, a quote from the book Subversive Sounds evaluates the dynamic that allowed white tourists to intermingle with ease. "Whites expected blacks to utilize music for their entertainment and pleasure; such interchange was in many ways consistent with racial subordination, for blacks were seen as naturally rhythmic and inventive but incapable of higher thought. Musicians found ways at times to evade the strictures of segregation, but racism influence which musicians played together, what kind of music was played before a particular audience, who listened to the music and with whom, and what music meant to those listeners." [4]Essentially, white tourists could fulfill their vice curiosity by going to see and interact with black musicians because they still believed that the black musicians were serving them and that, when it came down to it, they were in control of what those musicians could and couldn't do. Tourists could go to these immoral places, dance to this immoral music, and mix their culture with that of a race they deemed inferior, and still return home no less respectable than they were before. Jazz one was big aspect of the vice yet safe tourism that drew so many people in, but it was not the only one. A similar appeal was also heavily associated with the vice elements that New Orleans was so well known for- its famous red-light district and its copious amounts of alcohol throughout the city.
Prior to 1920, New Orleans enjoyed a fairly prosperous tourism industry, however the majority of their tourist attractions were marketed only to men. These men would often leave their domestic spheres and come to New Orleans to let loose, typically by enjoying the great extent of and easy access to alcohol and prostitution. New Orleans during this time was known for its vice elements of tourism such as its bars, music halls, and brothels located in the red-light district known as Storyville. While these places did benefit the city in a lot of ways, this type of tourism still left out a huge portion of potential visitors able to bring in more revenue. In order for New Orleans to become a truly triumphant vice tourist location, it needed to make changes that would allow them to advertise to more than men looking for an escape from their everyday lives. In order for this to happen, the vice elements first had to be somewhat hindered. The first occurrence of this was in 1917 when, due to World War I, prostitution was banned to help the US military sooth family fears and prevent the spread of venereal diseases within their troops. Soon after, in 1920, the 18th amendment took effect, outlawing the sale of alcohol nationwide. Prior to this amendment, in 1918, the sale of many alcoholic drinks had been banned through the Wartime Prohibition Act, meant to conserve food like grain and create a more efficient, sober public. However, once negotiations had been made, reformers still won in the fight against the sale of alcohol, believing what was good for the country in wartime was also good during times of peace. The combination of these two actions greatly influenced tourism within New Orleans, significantly dimming the nightlife that had been so popular. Due to this, businessmen and politicians were forced to adjust in ways that would bring tourists back to New Orleans. First, they began to market other aspects of the city, noticing that, especially when prostitution was banned, the number of women venturing into the streets of New Orleans increased. Beforehand, there was a stigma on women who chose to leave the domestic sphere to visit or work in areas of the city frequented by prostitutes. Once this changed, women felt more comfortable going into the streets and standing side by side with men without being seen as women of questionable virtue. The city responded to the influx of women by making the streets a place where even sophisticated women and their children felt safe to visit, shop, and see the finer parts of urban life. Doing this brought in whole new crowd of tourists willing to come and spend their money on New Orleans less vice attractions.
At the same time these new tourists came in, however, those vice elements that had attracted so many men beforehand were in no way abandoned once prostitution and alcohol were made illegal. The mayor of New Orleans during this time, Mayor Behrman, was one of the biggest proponents of keeping the vice attractions alive. Two quotes of his read "You can make prostitution illegal in Louisiana, but you can't make it unpopular" and "There are thousands of voters who are devoted to prohibition at home so long as they may take a train to Alexandria, Eunice, or New Orleans and go wet for a few hours." He, along with the politicians and business leaders of the city decided to keep it a wide-open city, letting vice elements remain while keeping up the appearance of following the new laws. Hotels took on the role of brothels and taverns posed as soft drink stands while discretely selling alcohol and turning a blind eye to gambling. Popular night spots opened up near these stands, where girls were hired to dance lewdly and alcohol was smuggled in. The nightlife of New Orleans returned in a way that brought back its previous clientele but didn't scare away the women and families new to the city's population of tourists. The outlawing of prostitution and alcohol in many ways actually benefitted the tourist industry. It enhanced the excitement of experiencing the vice attractions and made it so New Orleans was offering something not elsewhere available, which brought in even more men than before. At the same time, it made a New Orleans into a place that seemed safer for families and comfortable for women to venture without judgement. With a broader audience to market towards, New Orleans developed into something bigger and more profitable, but it was still only known as a vice tourist location for men. It was not until farther into the 1920's and reaching into the 1930's that this really started to change as gender roles throughout the United States came into question.
The period during and shortly after World War I were crucial to the development of the role of women in American society. During wartime, many women were, for the first time, able to experience work outside the household as they filled gaps left open by men who left to fight. This gave women the opportunity to see what they were capable of and what life outside their typical domestic sphere was like. Shortly after, the 19th amendment was ratified, granting women the right to vote and giving women some of the influence that men had had for so long. These two things combined inspired women to start fighting for a greater role in their society, sparking more social change throughout the era after the first world war. Married women, even if they did return to work within the home, felt more freedom to express themselves and seek an equal voice within their relationships. Single women often sought out jobs and were then able to spend the money they earned to enjoy their time away from labor. This created a whole new sector of female clientele for New Orleans to market to, especially as a revolution in gender conventions came in the late 1920's and into the 1930's.
With prostitution and alcohol still under wraps, women continued to gain freedom to roam the streets of formerly male-dominated attractions and with that, women began to experience more freedom to experiment with their sexuality and behavior. Many women began to bob their hair, use cosmetics, wear provocative clothing, smoke, drink, gamble, and in general, make their own presence in the public sphere, which previously would have been seen as scandalous. At the same time, alcohol lost a lot of its association with unruly male behavior and prohibition got less popular as movies and radio glamorized the type of nightlife found in the city. Going to the vice city of New Orleans became a symbol of personal freedom while speakeasies became a symbol of edgy sophistication that was welcome to both sexes. The repeal of prohibition came in 1933, but it didn't come with a return of male-oriented tourism. Instead, it actually helped equalize men and women in the urban space and aided that aspect of tourism as the two genders could drink and socialize with one another much easier. Following this revolution of gender roles, New Orleans enjoyed an influx of tourists as families came to enjoy the sheltered urban environment during the day while both men and women came to enjoy the elements of nightlife that were offered. The increased wealth coming into the city from greater then made it possible to clean the city up by improving sewage and water systems, garbage incinerators, roads and sidewalks. This cleansing of the urban space helped tourism further while strengthening the city's commitment to the vice that allowed them to better the city.[5]
New Orleans in this time period, was in many ways, a more modern-day Ballston Spa. Ballston was revolutionary for its time as it was one of the first tourist locations in the country in general and also one that drew in many visitors because of the vice aspects of it. Those who visited, mainly those who went for social rather than health reasons, experienced what true leisure was like and the consequences that could come with it. There, people could come participate in activities like drinking, gambling, and flirting. "Maidenly virtue" was seen to be threatened and "the spring's visitors were immersed in an atmosphere of freedom that seemed so far removed from their homes that they could do almost anything at all without consequences."[6] Ballston, like New Orleans, was a place that seemed far removed from the everyday lives of the tourists that visited and that was what enticed so many to go there. Visitors at both Ballston and New Orleans could come, act in vice ways that would likely be deemed inappropriate if they were anywhere else, and then could simply return to their safe, non-leisurely lives at home. This was what gave these places their allure and what made them into the successful tourist locations they came to be.
Without the social changes that came about in the 1920's and 1930's, specifically the questioning of race, prohibition, the ban of alcohol, and changing gender norms, New Orleans tourism would never have developed into the successful vice tourist location it is now known as. Each individual aspect of change in some way allowed for New Orleans to cater to a greater demographic of tourists, leading to greater success. Each element furthermore influenced the city by transforming it into a place of escape where those who wished to experience vice not found in their everyday lives could do so without immense risk. Tourists could mix with those of different races and genders while taking advantage of the pleasures the city had to offer. Elsewhere, this behavior could have been seen too immoral to even think about but it New Orleans, these tourists were simply seen as participating in the local culture. Through the social changes occurring between the two world wars, New Orleans was able to cultivate a unique experience that enticed visitors with the more wicked aspects of the city while giving them control and allowing them to return to their domestic lives just as refined as beforehand. This is what defined New Orleans tourism and influences of those social changes can still be seen today.
Gassan, Richard H. The birth of American tourism: New York, the Hudson Valley, and American culture, 1790-1830. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2008.
Hersch, Charles. Subversive Sounds: race and the birth of jazz in New Orleans. Chicago, Ill.: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2009.
Jasen, Patricia Jane. Wild things: nature, culture, and tourism in Ontario, 1790-1914. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2011.
Stanonis, A. J. Creating the big easy: New orleans, american culture, and the emergence of modern tourism, 1915–1950 (Order No. 3085798). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (305300196). 2003. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.umw.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/305300196?accountid=12299
[1] Stanonis, A. J. Creating the big easy: New orleans, american culture, and the emergence of modern tourism, 1915–1950 (Order No. 3085798). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (305300196). 2003. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.umw.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/305300196?accountid=12299
[2] Hersch, Charles. Subversive Sounds: race and the birth of jazz in New Orleans. Chicago, Ill.: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2009.
[3] Jasen, Patricia Jane. Wild things: nature, culture, and tourism in Ontario, 1790-1914. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2011.
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